Battery-terminal connecter



Oct. 28, 1930. w. T. STONE 1,779,756

BATTERY TERMINAL GONNECTER Filed Jan. 16, 1928 Inventor Attorney Patented Oct. 28, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE",

WILLIAM Cl. STONE, OI DONNELLSON, IOWA BATTERY-TERMINAL coivlvac'ma Application filed January 16, 1928. Serial 110. 247,187.

With the above and numerous other ob jects in view as will appear as the descrip- 5 tion proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts 1 as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing: Fi re 1 is a top plan view of the connecter showmg the same on a battery terminal, a sleeve of the connecter and the terminal being shown in section, 3 Figure 2 is an edge elevation of the con- 1 nectar, and

j Fi ure 3 is a perspective view of one sectiont ereof.

Referring to the. drawing in detail it will be seen that this connecter includes two lates 1 and 2. Each plate is of an elongate construction having a widened intermediate body portion 3 and relativelg'oiarrow ends 4 and 5. The edges of the are serrated as at 6 and are arcuate. A pivot 7 connects the lates .together with the corners of the bod sections may be hinged in respect to each other to receive between the serrated edges 6 a battery terminal. A coil sprin 8 1s connected to the ends 4 and tends to raw theseends together. A sleeve 9 is disposed about the coil spring between the ends 4 and lumts the inward. movement of these ends toward each other. One of the ends 5 is provided y portion 3.

y superimposed so that the with a bendable extension 10 which may v bent about a conduit so that the conduit may be soldered in the sockets thus formed.

' From'the above detailed description it will be seen that the ends 5 may be manually moved toward each other for opening the jaw forming section sothat they may beplaced on a terminal or released from a terminal. The spring 8 will be sufliciently strong to draw the ends 4 toward each other so as to embed the serrated edges in. the battery terminal for providing a goodelectrical connection. The structure (is exceedingly simple, easy to manipulate altd may be made strong and durable at low cost.

It is thought that the construction, utility and advantages of the invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled inthis art without a more detailed descri tion thereof. The referred embodiment o the invention has con disclosed indetail-merely by way of example since by actual practice it attains the features of advanta e enumerated as desirable in the statement 0 the-invention and the-above description. It will be apparent that changes in the details of construc- -tion may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of this invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advanta es.

Having t us described my invention, what- I claim as new is:

1. A device of .the ,classdescribed comprisin a pair of plate like elon ated sections avin intermediate widene rtions forminglbo es adjacent ed' es of w ich are ing a pair of late like elongated sections having interme iate widened portions form- 7 ing bodies adjacent edges of which are arcuate and serrated, the ends of the sections being relatively small in width a pivot pin connecting corners of the body in supenm osed relation, a spring connecting one set ends of the section to normally draw them toward each other, a sleeve about the spring limiting the movement of said last mentioned end toward each other, one of the other ends being provided with a bendable socket forming 7 extension.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signalture.

WILLIAM T. STONE. 

